Henry humphrey



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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, HENRY HUMPHREY, of Adrian, in the county of Lenawee, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stud and Sleeve-Button Locks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the lock itself, and Figure 2 a. view of the mode of using it. To enable others skilled in the art to make and and use. Y

v The nature of my invention consists in vent them from coming oli` and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction providing studs and sleeve-buttons with a lock or locks, to pregetting lost, and also avoid soiling the parts buttoned while the same are heilig I construct of metal or other suitable material two thin substantially as set forth, one of the plates, B, having a hole, back of the stud or button. From the hole downward is a sint The other plate is constructed similar to the first, with a slot, g, turned towards the first' plate; the slot to be wider at its mouth and tapering back, and large enough to receive the shank of a stud'or slceve-lbutton the whole length of the slot. The said plates are pierced -with two small holes each, a b with small openings into the holes througlf the edges of' the plates fg h z', iig. 1.

, To use the locks, (the studs having been put on in the usual mannen) we place the back of the stud H, fig. 2, through the hole C in plate B, lig. 1, then, drawing the other plate A towards the other stud or button K, loop it around the shank of' that stud or button. The holes through the cuffs that `receivevthe backs of the studs or buttons are to be made round, so as to avoid soiling the cuffs in putting them on. The said locks may be used on sleeve-cuffs, shirt-bosoms, or any other plates, A and B, fig. 1, in the manner and form C, through it, sulicicntly large to receive the s, which receives the shank of the stud or button.

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singly, or connected together in pairs by elastic cords, as aforesaid, using one end of the cord in lieu of one of the plates by looping it around the stud or button.

` claim. WhatIclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-'- The withinLdescribed button-fastener, consisting of thc plates A and B, provided with slots j s to encircle constructed and operating substantially as described.

Witnesses:

A. D. TINGLEYL C. E. RUssELL,

HENRY HUMPHREY.

place where studs are used; and the plates may be used 

